Code translating mechanism



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com: TRANSLATING MECHANISM original Filed June 12, 194e v 4 sheets-sheet s foZ 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Original Filed June l2, 1946 Patented July 4, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CODE TRANSLATING MECHANISM Original applicationA June 12, 1946, Serial No. 676,329. Divided and this application January 2, 1948, Serial No. 278

4 Claims.

This application is a division of my copendng application Serial No; 676,329, filedJune 12, 1946, now Patent No. 2,501,444, and insofar as some of the divided subject matter disclosed and claimed herein, said copending or parent application` was a continuation in part of my application Serial No. 587,579, filed April 10, 1945.

This invention relates to code translators that are adaptedr for use in translating a multiple element code into a single element positional representation, as for example inthe attainment of record controlled operation of adding or calculating machines, orpunchingor other record producing. machines.

Where records such as cards or printing and control devices are to carry data representations, such as numerical data representations, it is often desirable to accomplish this through the use of a two-element code so as to conserve space on the record, and when such data representations are to be sensed for control purposes it is necessary that the two-element representations be translated into a single element representation in order to accomplish the-desired control operations. When the control operation isto be attained by a mechanical or positional representation in any selected one of a plurality of posi'- tions, it is advantageous to accomplish the transiating action by mechanical means, and to enable this to be accomplished in a simple and effective manner by means of a rugged character is the primary object of the present invention. Further objects related to the foregoing are to afford such a mechanical 'translator that is particularly adapted for use in the control of set-up slides of lthelkind used in calculating machines, variablek printers, punching machines and the like, and to so construct and arrange such translating means that it cooperates in a simple and advantageous-manner with the total taking means when used as a set-up control in an adding machine.

Other and further objects of the present invention willy be apparent from the following description and claims and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, by way of illustration, show preferred embodiments andthe principles thereof and what I now consider to be the vbest mode in which I have contemplated applying thoseprinciples. Other embodiments of the invention embodying the same or equivalent principles may be used and structural changes may be made as desired by those skilled in the art without departing from the` present 2 invention and the purview of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is aV vertical sectional view taken through an adding and printing machine embodying the translator mechanism of the present invention:

Fig. '1A is a diagrammatic illustrating a twoelement code which is adapted to be translated to be adapted by the present mechanism into a ten element. code or positional representation:

Fig. 1B is an enlarged fragmentary portion of the translating mechanism:

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary end view taken from the left in Fig. 1:

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing a part of the restoring mechanism:

Fig. liis a View showing another portion of the restoring mechanism:

Fig. 5 isA a fragmentary elevational view taken from the left in Fig. 4:

Fig. 6 is a view showing the restoring bail for the slides of the adding machine:

Fig. 7 is a View taken from the left in Fig. 6:

Fig. 8 is a plan View of another embodiment of the translating mechanism and showing the slides independently of the mounting means:

Fig. 9 is a side view of one of the slides:

Fig. 10 is an end view of the group of slides shown in Fig. 3:

Fig. 11 is a vertical sectional View through the translating mechanism; and

Fig. 12 is an end View showing the relationship of the slide restoring means.

For purposes of disclosure the invention is herein illustrated in Figs. 1 to 7 as it is embodied in the adding unit |00 that is shown Figs. 37 to 91A of my aforesaid parent application Serial No. 676,329. The adding unit |00 embodies a frame having spaced-side plates |`0| andV |02 that are rigidly associated in the desired spaced relation by a plurality of spacer bars |03. The frame that is thus afforded is adapted to be mounted as for example on a mounting plate |04 so that the side plates |0| and |02 are disposed in a vertical or upstanding relationship. The frame that is` plates y| 0|, |02 and |95 near the lower edges thereof as will be evident in Fig. 2.

The adding machine |00 embodiesa variable printing mechanism |09, Fig. 1, and accumulator mechanism I0, and the `Variable printing mechanism |09 and the accumulator mechanism I|0 are adapted to be operated by a plurality of horizontally movable slides III that are mounted for reciprocating movement in a horizontal direction between the side plates of the frame. In the entry of numerical amounts into the variable printing mechanism |09 and the variable accumulator mechanism the slides III are settable in accordance with the desired numerical amounts by set up mechanism I I2 that is mounted forwardly of the frame by means of side plates I I3 that are secured at I I4 to the side plates |0| and |02. The setup mechanism I|2 is under the present invention so constructed and arranged so as to be settable by means operating in accordance with the five-element code that is illustrated in Fig. 1A of the drawings.

As will hereafter become evident, the setting movements of the slides I I I, as such setting movements are governed by the setup mechanism I I2, are utilized to set the variable printing mechanism |09 for printing the setup numerical amounts upon a strip of paper P that is withdrawn from a roll R carried in a paper feed mechanism |I5, such web of paper P being advanced beneath a platen roller I I 6 so as to be disposed at the printing position over a plurality of settable type segments |I1 that form part of the variable printing mechanism |09. It will be recognized of course that an inked ribbon that is disposed between the web of paper P and the type segments I|1 so that impressions may be made from the type segments on to the paper P in accordance with the set-up of the Variable printing mechanism |09.

The movements of the slides III are also utilized to introduce numerical amounts into the accumulator mechanism IIO, which as illustrated in Fig. l, embodies three accumulators identiiied as ACI, AC2 and AC3. The three accumulators that are thus afforded are mounted as will hereinafter be described between a pair of relatively small side plates |20 and I2| thereby to afford a separate mounting for the accumulator unit IIO, and the side plates IOI and |02 have relatively wide openings or slots |22 formed therein to extend forwardly from the rear edges of these side plates so that accumulator unit IID may be moved forwardly into the slots |22 and into position beneath the slides III. The unit IIO is then secured in position with respect to the main frame of the machine.

The slides III have longitudinal slots |24 formed therein, and these slides are mounted for horizontal sliding movement on supporting bars |25 that are extended between the side frames |0| and |02, and one such slide III is afforded for each order of the accumulator. The several slides III are maintained in the desired spaced relationship on the supporting bars |25 by comb bars |21 that are also disposed so as to extend through the slots |24 and are connected to the side plates I 0| and |02. At their rear ends slides III have upstanding ears |28 and springs |29 are extended from the ears |20 in a forward direction so as to be connected at their forward ends on anchoring bars |30 that are in turn supported by the side plates IOI and |02. The slides I I are individually urged by the springs |29 in a forward direction from the normal or restored positions thereof shown in Fig. l of the drawings, and the forward or setting movements of the individual slide bars I I I are controlled by the set up mechanism I|2. The slide bars III are returned to their normal or rest positions of Fig. 1 by a restoring bail I3 I, the cross bar of which is disposed within a slot |32 that is formed in the upper edges of all of the slide bars I I I, and the slot |32 affords a rear end edge |32A that may be engaged by the cross bar of the bail I3| to move all of the slides I I rearwardly to their restored positions. The restoring bail I3I is mounted on a rock shaft |33 and is adjustably connected thereto by means of a screw thread device |34. The rock shaft |33 has an arm |35 extended downwardly therefrom as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, and a cam roller |36 on the lower end of the arm I 35 engages a restoring cam |31 fixed on the main cam shaft |08 of the machine. The cam |31, as shown in Fig. 6 is of such a configuration that when the rotation of the cam shaft |08 is started from the initial or rest position shown in Fig. 6, the bail I 3| will be moved forwardly or in a counterclockwise direction as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6, and this permits forward or setting movement of the slides III under control of the setup mechanism II2. After the slides III have thus been set up, and in the last half of the cycle of operation of the machine, the cam |31 rocks the restoring bail in a clockwise direction so as to thereby move the slides III into the normal or restored position of Fig. 1,

The forward or setting movements of the slides I I I are governed by the setup mechanism I|2 so as to set the slides III in accordance with any desired numerical amount that is to be printed by the variable printing mechanism |09 and which is to be entered into the accumulating mechanism I I 0VA and for cooperation with the setup mechanism |I2, each slide III has a pawl |40 pivoted thereto at |4| as will be evident in Figs. l and 6, and the pawls |40 are in each instance arranged to extend forwardly beyond the forward end edge IIIS of the slide III. Each pawl |40 terminates in a forward edge I40S and when the pawls |40 are disposed in their lower or horizontal positions shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the for- Ward edge |40S is disposed opposite the rear edge of a stop plate |42. The stop plate |42 is mount-- ed for rocking movement on a rock shaft |44 anda spring I 45 normally urges the stop plate |42 into its upper or effective position as determined by an adjustable or settable stop |46. When the stop plate |42 is in its effective position of Fig. l, the end edges |40S of the pawls |40 will normally engage the stop plate I 42 when the restoring bail I3I is moved forwardly or to the left in Fig. l, and the movement of a related slide bar III will in such an instance be relatively slight and the slide bar III will remain in its zero position. When a slide bar is to set to a position representative of a significant digit, the pawl |40 thereof is pivoted in an upward direction so as to move their end edge |405 thereof out of alignment with the stop plate |42, and this is accomplished by the setup mechanism I I2 in the. course of the operation of such setup mechanism Thus the setup mechanism |I2 embodies a. plurality of slide plates |50, one of which is pro-A vided for each of the slide bars II I, and the slide plates I 50 are suported for limited horizontal sliding movement in a pair of supporting combs. |5| and |52 that are in turn supported between the two plates I3. Each slide plate |50 has five vertically movable stop pins |52 mounted therein for vertical sliding movement, and these stop pins |52 are so disposed that the upper ends thereof' are located beneath the lower edge 0f the forwardly projecting portion of the pawl |40 to which such slide plate |50 is allocated. and by column from the right.

s" l l upward setting ,movement `of any one cffthe pins |52, the relatedfpawl 40 may be shifted to its raised or released position wherein thestop plate |42 will be ineffective to engageA or stop forward setting movement of such pawl |40, The several stop pins |52 are so spaced that the right hand edges thereof are spaced Vapart in ani amount equal. to two units of setting movement of the related slide Moreover, the left-hand vedge of the left-hand stoppin |52-9, as viewed in Fig. 4, is so located that when the slide Aplate |50 is in its normal or raised position ofA Fig. .1, such left-hand edge of the pin |52-9 will be disposed in alignment withrthe end edge |`40S f ltherelated .pawl |40. Thus, as the stop pin |52-9 is moved to its upper or setposition, it will not only move the pawl |40 to its` released position, but will also be disposed so that the stop pin I52f-9 will be in a position to engage the adjacent edge of the stop plate |42. Hence whena stop pin |2--9 is actuated or set, it will maintain the slide plate |50 thereof in the normal or rearward position of Fig. 1. In the 4event, however, that a stop pin |52-9 of a plate |5|) is not so actuated, the actuation of any other of the pins |52 of such plate will not only release the pawl H0, but will also permit movement of the related slide |50 in a forward or left-hand direction, Fig. l, in an amount equal to one unit of setting movement of the slide Such movement of the slide |50 is limited by the comb bar |5|.

With the arrangement that is thus aiTorded ythe slides may be set Iin accordance with numerical ordigital values that arerepresented by a live-element code as shown in Fig'. 1A of the drawings. Under and ,in accordance with this code, a zero value ris represented by the absence of an indication in any of the five positions of the code, such ve positionsl being indicated hy the ve vertical columns shown in Fig. 1A.l Under .such code, an indication is afforded Yin the `fifth or left-hand code position for each of the odd numbers or digits, and as to such odd digits an additional indication is afforded in one of the other of the columns. an additional indication is afforded in the 'rst or right-hand column, as to thedgit ,3," an additional indication is afforded 4in. the second column kfrom the right, as to the digit 5, an vadditional indication kis afforded in the third 4column from the right, while asnto the digit 7 .an additional indication yis afforded lin the fourth Withrespect :to the even digits, it will be observed that but one indication is employed, the digit "2 being. represented by..

an indication in the rst or vright-hand column, the digit 4 being represented by 2an indication vin the second column from the right,`the digit '6 being represented by an indication yin the `third column from the right, while the digit 8' :is represented by an indication in the 'fourth column 'from the right.

Thus in the operation ofthe setup mechanism ||2, the pins |52 may be selectively actuated, -either singly or in pairs vwith `respect to each :slideI plate |50 so as to control setupmoveinent ofthe .slides in the several orders 'of themechahism. In the present instance the stopplns 52 are 'actuated by individual Bowden cables |54, one such cable being provided "for eachsto'p pin |52'in eachlvv order of the. machine into which numerical or digital amounts'are `to vbe introduced. y'The v'Bowdencables |54 have the "sheaths' thereof anchored Vin an anchoring plate |55 "thatis extended between the plates' i l'yandthie *wire each cble Thus .for the digity 1,

|54y is connected tothe lower end of a plunger |56. The plunger |56 that is associated with a particular Bowden cable is so arranged as to be disposed-beneath the lower end of the stoppin |52 to which the Bowden cable is allocated so that by actuation of a particular Bowden cable the related stop pin |52 may be moved to its raised or active position. It will be observed that the plungers|56 are relatively narrow so that when a plunger is actuated to a projecting upper position, this plunger will not stand in the way of the one-space movement that may be required with respect to the related slide plate |50. In other words, the lower end of lthe stop pin that is disposed to the right, Fig. 1, of such an actuated plunger |56 will not engage such an actuated plunger in the course' of a one-space movement to the left. The sensing impulses for operating such Bowden cables may be derived from any suitable sensing means operating to sense coded perforatins or the like in cards, printing and control devices or the like.

With the mechanism that is thus described, the set up movements of the slides may readily be controlled in accordance with the digital value that is to be introduced into the several orders of the machine. Thus when a zero is to be introducedinto a particular ordery of a machine, all of the stop pins |52 will remain in their lower or ineffective positions so that the pawl |40 of the related slide will remain in its lower or eiective position. Thus when the restoring bail |3| moves to the left, Fig. 1, the end |40S of such pawl |40 will engage the stop plate |42 `so as to hold the related slide in its zero position. If the digit 1 is to be introduced into a particular order of the machine, the stop pin |52-i-9 and the stop pin |52-| will be actuated, thereby to raise the pawl |40 to its ineiiective or released position. The setting of the pin |52-9 will place such pin in a position to engage the stop plate |42, thusto hold the related slide in its normal or right-hand position. Hence when the restoring bail |3| moves to the left, the related slide will move through but one unit of setting movement, such movement being determined by the engagement of the edge |||S with the adjacent edge of the stoppin |52|.

As to all the odd digits, the action of the stop pin |52-9 in holding the slide plate |50 against forward or left-hand movementwill be the same, and the other of the stop pins |52 that is actuated in each instance will serve to limit the movement of the slide in a left-hand or setting direction, Fig. 1. Thus as to the digit 3, the stop `pin |52--3 serves to stop the setting movement of the slidel I, while with respect to the digits 5 and 7, the stop pins |52-5 and |52f`| respectively serve to accomplish this limiting function.

With respect to the even digits, it will be recalled that the stop pin |52-9 is not actuated, and hence with respect to each such even digit, the related slide plate |5(| willv be allowed to move one space forwardly yor to theleft in Fig. 1. Hence in setting up the digit 2, the stop pin |52-i will benengaged bythe edge |||S of the related slide after the slide is moved through one unit of setting `movement, and the slide will then act upon the pin |5`2| to move the slide plate |50 Van additional unit to the left, thereby bringlng'the slide to rest after the slide is moved through two units-oi setting movement. A similar actiontak'es place with respect to the `other even fdi'gits. "'f Aitz'er'the sl'id'esH have been. thusA Setfand after the various operations have been performed and the slides I have been restored to their normal or rearward positions of Fig. 1, as will hereinafter be described, the slide plates |50 are restored in a rearward direction, that is to the right in Fig. 39. Thus as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 5 a restoring plate |60 is mounted on a rod |6| that is carried between the forward ends of a pair of levers |62, such levers being pivoted at |63 intermediate the ends thereof. The restoring plate |60 extends upwardly from the rod |6| so that the upper end of the plate |60 is disposed just forwardly of the forward ends of the slide plates |50. When the slide plates |50 are to be restored the levers |62 are rocked in a clockwise direction in the Figure 4, and this is accomplished by a cam |65 mounted on the main cam shaft |08. The cam |65 acts on a roller |66 fixed on the rear end of a lever |61, and this lever |61 is pivoted at |68 intermediate its ends and has a pin and slot connection |69 with the rear end of the lever |62. A spring |10 acts on the lever |61 to maintain the roller |66 thereof in engagement with the cam |65. At the end of a cycle of operation of the machine, the roller |66 rides upon a raised portion |65R of the cam |65 so that the slide plates |50 are at this time held in their restored positions. Soon after a cycle of operation is instituted, the roller |66 rides off of the high portion |65R and the restoring plate |60 is moved forwardly to an ineffective position thereby to permit such forward or left-hand movement, Fig. 1, as may be required with respect to any one of the slide plates |50.

The forward ends of the pawls |40 are guided and maintained in proper position over the related sets of stop pins |52 by a comb plate 201 that is extended between the two plates I3, and near the end of a cycle of operation of the machine, all of the pawls |40 are restored in a downward direction so as to thereby restore the pins |52 that have been set in the course of such cycle of operation. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, such restoring operation is effected by means of a vertically slidable restoring plate 2|0 that is disposed over the pawls |40 just rearwardly of the comb 201, and the restoring plate 2|0 is guided for vertical sliding movement on pins 2| that extend rearwardly from the comb 201 and engage vertical slots 2|2 formed in the restoring plate 2| 0. An operating lever 2| 3 is disposed just above the comb 201 and is pivoted at 2|4 on a bracket associated with the left-hand side plate ||3 as shown in Fig. 2. The operating lever 2|3 has a pin and slot connection 2|6 with the restoring plate 2| 0, and a spring 2|1 acting on the lefthand end of the lever 2 3 as viewed in Fig. 2 tends to raise the restoring plate 2|0 to the raised or retracted position of Fig. 2.

When the pawls |40 and the pins |52 are to be restored, it will be recognized that the slides and the pawls 40 will have been fully restored to their rearward or normal positions, and at this time the right-hand end of the lever 2|3 is actuated in a downward direction by means including a, downwardly extended operating link 2|9 that is pivoted at its upper end to the right hand end of the lever 2|3 as viewed in Fig. 2. The lower end of the link 2|9 is pivoted at one end of a bell crank lever 220 that is pivoted intermediate its ends on a pivot stud |68, and the other end of the bell crank 220 has cam roller 22| thereon that engages a cam 222. Near the end of the machine cycle, and after the slide plates |50 and the associated pins have `been restored to their rearward positions by the action of the restoring plate |60, the roller 22| is engaged by a lobe 222A on the cam 222, as shown in Fig. 3, to thereby move the operating lever 2|3 downwardly to restore the pawls |40 and the pins |52. The roller 22| rides off of the lobe 222A just prior to the end of the machine cycle, thereby to release the pawls |40 and the pins |52 have setting movement or operation in the next cycle of the machine.

The restoring means that are thus afforded for the pawls |40 and the pins |52 are such that they are operated in each cycle of operation of the main cam shaft |08 of the machine, and while this restoring operation is in most instances adequate to take care of the requirements encountered in practice, lt has been found that over some circumstances that where the adding machine of the present invention is being utilized in timed relation with other machines such as a printing machine, there may be circumstances where it is desirable to restore the pins |52 and the pawls |40 independently of the operation of the main cam shaft |08 and for this purpose, means are associated with the restoring rod or link 2 I9 for imparting restoring movement thereto independently of the cam shaft |08. In the present instance such means include a control solenoid 224 mounted beneath the base plate |04 and having on operating link 225 extended upwardly from the armature of the solenoid. The upper end of the operating rod 225 is extended through and guided by a. guide plate 225 that is afforded at the lower edge of a mounting bracket 221 that is extended laterally from the right-hand plate ||3, as viewed in Fig. 2. A spring 228 surrounds the rod 225 above the guide plate 226, and this spring acts against a collar 229 that is mounted on the upper end of the rod 225. The spring 228 is effective to urge the rod 225 upwardly to a position determined by a stop collar 230 that is fixed on the rod so as to engage the guide plate. The collar 229 is thus arranged to be moved downwardly when the solenoid 224 is energized, and in such movement the collar 229 is arranged to engage one arm 23|A of a bell crank 23|, this bell crank being pivoted at 232 on the arm 220 adjacent to the point where the rod 2|9 is connected thereto. A spring 233 acting between an upwardly extending arm of the bell 23| and an anchoring pin 234 on the bell crank 220 serves to urge the bell crank 23| to the position shown in Fig. 3. The bell crank 23| also has a downwardly extended hooked arm 23|B that normally acts as a latch to hold an arm or pawl 235 in the position shown in Fig. 3. The pawl 235 is pivoted at 236 on the arm 220 coaxially with the roller 22|, and a lateral pin 231 at the other or left end of the pawl 235 is engaged by the hooked arm 23|B. When the solenoid 224 is energized, the pawl 235 is released, and a spring 238 draws the pawl 235 downwardly so as to move into abutment with a stop 235S to thereby move a shoulder or tooth 239, formed on the pawl 235, into the path of an arm 240A of a constantly operated rocker 240. The arm 240A is therefore effective in its right-hand movement, Fig. 3, to push the pawl 235 to the right, thereby to rock the bell crank 220 and impart downward restoring movement to the rod 2 I9. In the course of such rocking movement of the bell crank 220, the pawl 235 is of course held against downward movement by the stop 235s, while the latch 23| is moved downwardly, and thus the latch 23| is again re-engaged with the pin 231.

The rocker r24ll is mounted on a shaft 241 and has a. roller 242 mounted on the arm'240A so as to engage an eccentricv 243 that is mounted lon a constantly rotated drive shaft 244. A spring 243A acting on the arm 240A serves to hold the roller 242 against the eccentric 243, and thus the rocker 240 is rocked through a complete rocking cycle in each rotation of the shaft 244. The shaft244 is in the present case utilized as a drive shaft which is constantly rotated from a suitable power source, and the shaft 244 is geared to the driving member of a one-revolution clutch as described in said parent application, whereby the cam' shaft |08 may be rotated through a single revolution kfor each cycle of Voperation of the machine.

The geared relation between lthe shaft 244 and the clutch is such that the shaft 2474 rotates considerably faster than the driven element of the clutch, and I have found that accomplishment of the desired icontrol operations yby the rocker 240 may `be satisfactorily attained where the shaft 244 makes approximately three and one-half revolutions for each revolution Iof the shaft 108.

`The/set up means for controlling the setting `of the slides Hl may take other forms such as that illustrated in my'aforesaid -copending application Serial No. 587,579, and such mechanism has been illustrated `in Figs. 8 to 12 of the draw- As there shown, the set 'up means -404M whereby the setting of the slides 400M is controlled is substantially the same for each order of the accumulator, or'in other words, for Aeach of the slides MDM. Thus, a plurality of set up bars 425M are mounted parallel to and just to the leftof the respective slides 4MM, and these set up bars are supported Lin guiding combs 42 6M and 421M for limited longitudinal movement parallel tothe path of movement of the slides 4MM. Each of the set 'up bars 425M has iive set up pins'43llM mouLntedtherein by means of slots 'formed in the horizontal edge flanges of the bars 4`25M for limited vertical movement. The spacing of the pins l4'3l'lM is such that the righthand edges thereof are spaced apart in an amount equalto two units of movement of the related slide 4MM, `while each of the lset up bars is adapted to move in an endwise direction through a distance equal to one unit of movement of the related slide 4MM. At the beginning of each cycle of operation of the machine, all of the set up bars 425 are in their right-hand positions, Fig. 11,` but in the course of set up operation of the mechanism, those set up bars that are disposed in orders wherein an even number is to be represented move to the left through one unit of movement and into abutment `with stop means y43IM, as will hereinafter'be described in detail.

'la'ted'slide `400M so'asto'stop the yieldingly induced left hand or setup movement of the slide.

`combs of the set up means 4MM. As to any particular order of the sensing ymeans and the related order of the set up means, the'cables 15AM are connected to-thepins 4MM, in the related order of the set up means in the manner hereinbefore described. With this arrangement, the left-hand pin 43llM, Fig. 11, will be actuated each time an odd number Ais to be represented, and when such a left-hand pin is actuated to its upper positions, it is disposed in such a relation that it will engage a depressible stop plate 433M when forces are applied to the bar 425M in a left-hand direction. Thus under such circumstances the setup bar will move but slightly to the left. As an example, the sensing of perforations in a printing device that are representative of the digit 1 will cause the two end ones of the pins 4MM to be moved upwardly, rand the left-hand lpin will hold the set up bar 425M against appreciable left-'hand movement, while the most right-hand pin 30M will stop the movement -of the 4related slide 4MM after this slide has moved through-one unit of movement. Such'action may Awell be compared with the action in the event that the digit 2 has ybeen represented on the printing and control device. In such an instance only the most Yright-hand one `of the pins 43QM will be actuated to its upper position, and hence the related slide MUM will 4move one unit before it engages the pin 43BM that has been set, and will then move through an additional unit until such time as the left-hand end of the set up bar -engages the stop plate 433M. A similar action is at tained with respect to -all of the other digits that may `be represented by the -code IA. After the restoring movement of the 'slides 400M has been completed all of -the Apins -430M are restored to their lowermost positions, and thle restoring movement of the pins -430M is accomplished by `a plurality of lever arms 435M, 'one of which is pivotally connected at 436M to each of the slides 4MM. These lever arms overlie the row of pins 430M that are related to the respective slides upon which such lever arms are mounted, and lafter the slides have been restored to their zero positions, all of the lever .arms `435 are moved downwardly by bail or by means, similar to the bar 21D that overlies the several levers 435M. When the lever arms 435M are in their lower or restored positions the left-hand ends thereof are positioned in engagement with a stop plate 439M, and thus each slide -40DM will vbe retained in its zero position unless the actuation of one vor more pins 430M has raised the associated lever arm 435M so as to disengage the same from the stop plate 439M.

Since the set up bars 425M may in many inzstances move to the left from the normal positions shown in Fig. 1l., means are also afforded for restoring vthese -set up bars to their normal positions. In the presentcase such means comprise a rocking plate MUM that is operated by a bell crank 44 IM and cam means, Fig. 11, provided on the cam shaft 315M.

From the foregoing description it will .be evident that the present invention affords an advantageous translator mechanism which is mechanical in form and which is of such a character that it may be used advantageously as the set-up means for the slides of `an adding unit or the like.

Thus, While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that these are capable of variation and modification and I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details set forth, but desire to avail myself of such changes and alterations as fall within the purview of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a mechanism of the character described for translating a ve-element positional number code into a ten-element positional number code, a settable element having a normal zero position and shiftable through setting movement in a setting direction .from said zero position and selectively into any one of nine other positions representative of the digits in succession from one to nine, and each spaced from the adjacent positions in a predetermined amount representative of one unit, yielding means urging said settable element in said setting direction, means on said element affording an abutment shoulder facing in said settingr direction, a normally stationary abutment facing toward said shoulder and so disposed that when said element is in said zero position said shoulder is spaced from said abutment in an amount equal to ten times said predetermined amount, a set up member mounted for longitudinal movementJ parallel to the path of movement of said settable element from a normal position to a second position that is displaced from said normal position in said predetermined amount in said setting direction, a retaining member shiftably mounted on said element to extend over said set-up member and having an end shoulder adapted to releasably engage said stationary abutment to hold said element in said zero position, nve set up pins slidable on said set up member for movement transversely of said direction from normal positions to set positions wherein said retaining member is engaged by such pin and is pivoted to release said retaining member from said stationary abutment. said pins in their set positions being disposed in the path of said abutment shoulder as said settable element moves in said setting direction, one of said pins when set being adapted to engage said stationary abutment to retain said set up member in said normal position, and said pins being disposed on said set up member in positions such that the corresponding eii'ective faces of the pins are spaced from each other in an amount equal to twice said predetermined amount, whereby the other pins may be selectively actuated to represent and control the setting of the slide for the even digits 2, 4, 6, or 8, while selective setting of said other pins together with said one pin may represent and control the setting of the slide for the odd digits l, 3, or 7, and setting of said one pin alone may represent and correspondingly control the setting of the slide for the odd digit 9.

2. In a mechanism for translating a five-element positional number code into a ten-element positional number code, a slide mounted for longitudinal setting movement in one direction from a normal position representative of zero to nine other positions each spaced from the adjacent positions in a predetermined amount representative of one unit and said other positions being representative of the digits in succession from one to nine, a restoring means for moving said slide through a restoring movement in the opposite direction and into said zero representing position, yielding means urging said slide in said setting direction, means on said slide affording an abutment shoulder facing in said one direction, a normally stationary abutment facing toward said shoulder and so disposed that when said slide is` in said zero position said shoulder is spaced from said abutment in an amount equal to ten times said predetermined amount, a set up bar mounted for limited longitudinal movement parallel to the path of movement of said slide from a normal position to a second position that is displaced from said normal position in said predetermined amount in said one direction, a retaining member pivoted on said slide to extend over said set up bar and having an end shoulder adapted to releasably engage said stationary abutment to hold said slide in said zero position, five set up pins slidable transversely on said set up bar from normal positions to set positions wherein said retaining member is engaged by such pin and is pivoted to release said retaining member from said stationary abutment, said pins in their set positions being disposed in the path of said shoulder as said slide moves in said one direction, one of said pins when set being adapted to engage said stationary abutment to retain said set up bar in said normal positions such that the corresponding eiective faces of the pins are spaced from each other in an amount equal to twice said predetermined amount, whereby the other pins may be selectively actuated to represent and control the setting oi the slide for the even digits 2, 4, 6 or 8, while selective setting of said other pins together with said one pin may represent and control the setting of the slide for the odd digits 1, 3, 5 or 7, and setting of said one pin alone may represent and correspondingly control the setting of the slide for the odd digit 9.

3. In a mechanism of the character described, a settable element shiftable through setting movements from a normal zero position successively into equally spaced positions representative of the digits in succession from l to 9, inclusive, means for yieldingly urging said element through such setting movements, restoring means opposing said yielding means for controlling such setting movements and for restoring said element to said zero position, a set up member mounted for limited movement along a path parallel to said setting movements of said element from a normal position to a second position spaced apart in a predetermined distance equal to the spacing of adjacent ones of said positions of said element, latching means including a latch member on said element and a stationary abutment with which said latch member may be engaged to hold said element in said zero position, five set up pins mounted on said set-up member in positions spaced from each other longitudinally of said member in an amount equal to twice said predetermined distance and for set-up movement transversely of said path and each engageable with said latch member to release the same as an incident to set up movement of a pin, a shoulder on said element, said pins having stop surfaces thereon each arranged to be disposed in the path oi' said shoulder when a respective pin is set, the pin most remote from said shoulder having a second surface operable to engage said stationary abutment when said last-mentioned pin is set to retain said set up member in said normal position.

4. In a mechanism of the character described, a settable element shiftable through setting movements from a normal zero position successively into equally spaced positions representative of the digits from 1 to 9, inclusive, means for yieldingly urging said element through such setting movements, restoring means opposing said yielding means i'or controlling such setting movements and for restoring said element to said zero position, a set up member mounted for limited movement along a path parallel to said setting movements of said element from a normal position to a. second position 13 spaced apart in a predetermined distance equal to the spacing of adjacent ones of said positions of said element, latching means including a latch member of said element and a stationary abutment with which said-latch member may be engaged to hold said element in said zero position, ve set up pins mounted on said set-up member in positions spaced longitudinally of said member in an amount equal to twice said predetermined distance and for set-up movement transversely of said path and each engageable with said latch member to release the same as an incident to set up movement of a pin, a

14 shoulder on said element said pins having stop surfaces thereon each arranged to be disposed in the path of said shoulder when a respective pin is set, the pin most remote from said shoulder having a second surface operable to engage said stationary set-up member in said normal position, means for restoring said latch to its effective position, and means for restoring said set up member to its normal position.

WALTER T. GOLLWITZER.

No references cited. 

